Global March for Elephants and Rhino

As we approach the CITES (CoP17), there are proposals for key African species:

‘Uplist’ the African lion (Panthera leo) to CITES Appendix I;

Inclusion of all populations of Loxodonta africana (African elephant) in Appendix I through the transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I of the populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

But when it comes to the rhino, the proposal to withdraw hunting exemptions are currently lacking (South Africa and Swaziland), but with an exploitative, rhino horn harvesting proposal instead submitted by Swaziland.